New Leaf Social Work

07/11/2025

I'd love to hear everyone's own experiences with this 🥰

07/11/2025

How to use picky pads + ASMR. $10 each. All handmade by neurodivergent folk and all proceeds go to keeping our ASMR and groups alive 🥹

06/11/2025

Team, this is an absolute must-do. I cannot believe an opportunity has come up to learn these vital skills for free. I'd recommend to everyone ever but especially support workers!

🌿 Youth Mental Health First Aid Training – Toowoomba 🌿
Are you passionate about supporting young people in your community?

Join us for a free, face-to-face Youth Mental Health First Aid course at Baillie Henderson Hospital, Toowoomba, facilitated by Registered Nurse Bruce Kelly.

🗓️ Dates: 28 November & 5 December 2025
🕗 Time: 8:30am – 4:00pm
💰 Cost: FREE
📍 Venue: Toowoomba Baillie Henderson Hospital

This training is designed for anyone working with or caring for youth — teachers, parents, carers, youth workers, community members — and is open to everyone in the community.

🎓 Professional Development: Participants will receive 14 hours of PD points, making it a valuable opportunity for both personal and professional growth.

☕ Morning and afternoon tea provided (biscuits, tea, and coffee).
🥪 Please bring your own lunch — or visit the nearby bakery if you’d like to buy lunch.

Don’t miss this chance to build confidence and practical skills to support the mental wellbeing of young people.

📞 For more information, contact Bruce Kelly on 0460 020 761 or Email: bruce.kelly@health.qld.gov.au

06/11/2025

Music folk... this one's for you. My intern just asked "should I bring my guitar?" and I said YES OF COURSE. It's another musical Friday if that's your thing.

If not, there's the main group room where you can choose your own adventure :)

11am - 1.30pm, my office. DM or all the details on eventbrite.

06/11/2025

Ahhhh, I cannot even begin to explain how excited I am to read and discuss this book for book club next month! So many thoughts, so many things to say and I feel like we'll all relate so hard when we share our experiences!

Perks of book club:
- It's online
- Sliding scale fee structure
- Can bill to your NDIS plan for group activities if it aligns with your goals
- Participate as much or as little as you like. You are more than welcome to lurk or chat in the text box without a camera or mic
- Maxed at 10 participants but usually way less than that
- The best thought-provoking convos and some great laugh moments too

Link in bio or via https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-neuroqueer-book-club-tickets-1814021068849?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/11/2025

Aircon? Got it!
A new ADHD hyerfixation to spend the xmas hols doing? Got it
An xmas present for your teacher, neighbour, chicken? Got it!
A monster cookie including vegan ones? Got them too!

Come join us before the chaotic season hits even harder. Please share this event and post with everyone + anyone because all the funds go directly to the neurodivergent micro-business stall holders :)

05/11/2025

And by proven I mean through the appropriate channels such as guardianship. Not you deciding they don't have good decisions.

04/11/2025

Something that concerns me about the social media bans for teens is that I already see so many young people equating care with control. It's quite concerning. And then we have the government reinforcing this message too.

Sometimes our care for others can get tangled up with wanting to protect, prevent, or fix. But real care isn’t about controlling outcomes or managing people into safety. It’s about giving them all the facts and ways to keep themselves safe enough, supporting their choices, and being alongside them as they learn and grow.

Control says: “I know what’s best for you.”
Care says: “I believe in your capacity to know what’s best for yourself and I’m here to walk beside you.”

Whether it’s in therapy, relationships, family, or social media, let’s keep checking in with ourselves: is this care, or is this control in disguise?

Because love, respect, and social justice all start with allowing others to steer their own ship [while we manage our own feelings and emotions around it, because that's honestly the hardest part, right?].

04/11/2025

Why is it so hard to find where providers are located??? I'm FRUSTRATED.

04/11/2025

Team, we have picky pad stock to goooooooo.

Small $7 each, Big $10 each
Shipping - $12
Local delivery - $5
Pick up - FREEEEEE

Can you please share far and wide!

All profits go towards keeping our social enterprise market stall alive and thriving + giving ND young people cool skills 🌱

03/11/2025

New cost of living chat because the last one was super helpful and I know a few people changed internet providers after so let's do our thing again!

Car insurance... let's chat. Have you heard of ROLLIN'? I got it because it's cheap and I don't read things but turns out it's month-to-month and you have to download an app so it can rate how good you drive and then base your premiums on that. I also can't figure out whether it has roadside assistance as an extra or what so I'm thinking it's time to switch to something less impulsive. What are your recommendations?

But also, I'll have you know that my driver rating is 91% from over 200 trips so 😎